Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked main...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked main...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for s...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for s...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for s...
Silver Gelatin
Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo...
Archival Pigment
Soho Waiters’ Race Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters’ Race 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters’ race from Soho Square to Greek ...
Silver Gelatin
Race Day Lunch Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Race Day Lunch 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Race Meeting 1950- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Estate Stamped and Numbered Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual wait...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$5,400
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Slim Aarons- Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"The Race Meeting C-Type Print, Photography, Aarons Estate Edition, 1958" 12x12
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
C Print
"The Race Meeting, C-Type Print, Photography, Aarons Estate Edition, 1958" 16x16
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
C Print
$1,800
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
$3,000
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
$2,400
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
$3,600
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
$4,200
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
$3,900
Race Day Lunch, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered edition of 150 with...
Lambda
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C.
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C.
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C.
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C.
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C.
Lambda
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Silver Gelatin
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Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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